Completed doctorates (since 2007)

2025

Harries, Manuela: Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 infection activity in Germany based on seroprevalence studies and mathematical modelling (Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Gérard Krause / Prof. Dr. Marie-Luise Dierks)

Pape, Stephanie: Gender Differences during Tuberculosis, in Post-Tuberculosis Fatality and Long-Term Complications After Tuberculosis Recovery in Europe: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses (Supervisors Prof. Dr. Gérard Krause / Prof. Dr. Marie-Luise Dierks)

Posselt, Jacqueline: Digital health applications and health literacy - An analysis of the perspectives of general practitioners and people with depressive disorders (Supervisors Prof. Marie-Luise Dierks / Prof. Dr. Eva Baumann)

Schleef, Tanja: Integration of general medicine into a university emergency department – How much does general medical patient care in the emergency department resemble that of a general practitioner? (Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Nils Schneider / Prof. Dr. Bernhard Wilhelm Magnus Schmidt)

2024

Bartling, Tim: Quality has its price - Preferences in the post-mortem donation organ allocation of physicians and patients (Prof. Dr. Christian Krauth / Prof. Dr. Thomas Kohlmann)

Birgel, Vera: The association between science-based prevention and health promotion, community capacity and substance use in children and adolescents (Prof. Dr. Ulla Walter / Prof. Dr. Renate Soellner)

Krüger, Kathrin: Effects and correlations of early disease detection in children and adolescents with special consideration of social background (Prof. Dr. Christian Krauth / Prof. Dr. Siegfried Geyer)

Naef, Aurélia Naoko: Digital Health Interventions for Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus on Health Literacy (Prof. Dr. Volker Amelung / Prof. Dr. Hürrem Tezcan-Güntekin)

Safieddine, Batoul: Morbidity development in type 2 diabetes in different population subgroups: The role of comorbidities, medication and socioeconomic status (Prof. Dr. Siegfried Geyer / Prof. Dr. Karin Lange)

Wulkau, Linda: Resilience in the context of migration using the example of refugees and children of migrants (Prof. Dr. Anke Bramesfeld / Prof. Dr. Jutta Lindert)

2023

Brinkmann, Melanie: Preferences of people with statutory health insurance for colorectal cancer screening: a discrete choice experiment (Prof. Dr. Ulla Walter / Prof. Dr. Bernt-Peter Robra)

Haring, Malte: Tensions in healthcare innovations: Emergence, effects and development perspectives for management and governance (Prof. Dr. Volker Amelung / Prof. Dr. Martin Gersch)

Hochheim, Martin: Possibilities for improving health care for people with long-term non-specific back pain (Prof. Dr. Volker Amelung / Prof. Dr. Jörg-Peter Schräpler)

Schäfers, Jürgen: Analysis of health care in Indonesia based on health insurance data (Prof. Dr. Siegfried Geyer / Prof. Dr. Jörg Haier)

Schaubert, Kristina: Health economic analysis of innovative heart valve replacement procedures: A Markov modeling approach to analyze the cost-effectiveness of cell-free aortic homografts in aortic valve position (Prof. Dr. Christian Krauth / Prof. Dr. Wendelin Schramm)

Tomsic, Yvonne: Promotion of compliance for the prevention of postoperative wound infections: Empirical analyses as a basis for psychologically optimized implementation interventions (Prof. Dr. Thomas von Lengerke / Prof. Dr. Christian Krauth)

2022

Flor, Wiebke: Geriatric rehabilitation - An investigation of access from primary care (Prof. Dr. Ulla Walter / Prof. Dr. Ulrike Junius-Walker)

Mutwill, Anna Maria: Life satisfaction in retirement - Analysis of a happiness-economic explanatory model based on SHARE longitudinal data (Prof. Dr. Christian Krauth / Prof. Dr. Birgit Babitsch)

Oedingen, Carina: Preferences of the General Population in Organ Allocation: A Discrete Choice Experiment on Distributive Justice Principles (Prof. Dr. Christian Krauth / Prof. Dr. Axel C. Mühlbacher)

Weber, Jan: Actors of lifeworld-oriented addiction prevention, basics and perspectives examined using the example of Lower Saxony (Prof. Dr. Ulla Walter / Prof. Dr. Thomas Hillemacher)

2021

Fuge, Jan: Sociodemographic and functional factors influencing quality of life in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (Prof. Dr. Karen Olssonn / Prof. Dr. Thomas von Lengerke)

Horenkamp-Sonntag, Dirk: Improving the quality of care of a cancer screening program by using SHI routine data using the example of cervical cancer (Prof. Dr. Siegfried Geyer / Prof. Dr. Eva Maria Bitzer)

Illiger, Kristin: The illness and care situation of people living alone with dementia - a multi-perspective mixed methods study (Prof. Dr. Frauke Koppelin / Prof. Dr. Ulla Walter)

Jäger, Cornelius: Quantitative and qualitative analysis of preferences of foreign patients and service providers in German cardiac surgery university hospitals (Prof. Dr. Volker Amelung / Prof. Dr. Dr. Axel Haverich)

Vogelsang, Alexandr: Interest preferences in the selection of nursing services (Prof. Dr. Marie-Luise Dierks / Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Sander)

Zhou, Yusheng: Determinants of body weight status in pre-school children with a focus on the built environment and social factors: results of population-based data analysis (Prof. Dr. Ulla Walter / Prof. Dr. Thomas von Lengerke)

Ziert, Yvonne: A comparison of evidence requirements and biostatistical assessment strategies of clinical trial results between drug licensing and Health Technology Assessment in Germany (Prof. Dr. Armin Koch / Prof. Dr. Siegfried Geyer)

2020

Albrecht, Urs-Vito: Measure, measured, appropriate? The influence of quality awareness on the evaluation of app meta-information by physicians. An analysis under the premise of professional user orientation (Prof. Dr. Marie-Luise Dierks / Prof. Dr. Stefan Engeli)

Götz, Nina Alexandra: The perspective of the realization opportunities approach for the analysis of social and health inequality dimensions in old age (Prof. Dr. Birgit Babitsch / Prof. Dr. Christian Krauth)

Lander, Jonas: Citizen and patient participation in medical research: theory and practice of participant selection and representativeness (Prof. Dr. Marie-Luise Dierks / Prof. Dr. Dr. Daniel Strech)

Lindemann, Christina: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in Germany: Prevalence and Associated Risk of Injury - Analysis of Health Insurance Data (Prof. Dr. Rafael Mikolaicyk / Prof. Dr. Dr. Tobias Banaschewski)

Michalik, Tanja: Health perceptions of late repatriates in old age - a qualitative study (Prof. Dr. Ulla Walter / Prof. Dr. Frauke Koppelin)

Spanier, Katja: Organizational justice in the world of work - delimitation of a model and its significance for the work ability and health of employees (Prof. Dr. Christoph Gutenbrunner / Prof. Dr. Thorsten Meyer)

2019

Bantel, Susanne: Which factors are associated with developmental deficits at the time of the school entry examination in the Hannover region? A secondary data analysis of the school enrolment years 2010/11 - 2014/15 (Prof. Dr. Ulla Walter / PD Dr. Martin Schlaud)

Harries, Lena: Care structures in transplantation - Analysis of care pathways and costs of liver transplant patients (Prof. Dr. Volker Amelung / PD Dr. Harald Schrem)

Langhof, Holger: Ethics and regulation of medical research in practice - approaches for the development of evidence-based and practice-oriented policies (Prof. Dr. Dr. Daniel Strech / Prof. Dr. Dr. Armin Koch)

Staab, Thomas: EbM methodology in the context of HTA decisions - An investigation using the example of the determination of the appropriate comparative therapy in the context of the early benefit assessment according to AMNOG (Prof. Dr. Jörg Ruof / Prof. Dr. Volker Amelung)

2018

Epping, Jelena: Social gradient in psychotherapy? Secondary data analysis of the utilization of psychotherapeutic treatments subject to application with data from the AOK Lower Saxony (Prof. Dr. Siegfried Geyer / Prof. Dr. Martina de Zwaan)

Heßling, Andrea: Identification of a special occupational problem situation in neurological rehabilitants as a prerequisite for access to medically-occupationally oriented rehabilitation based on clinical-anamnestic characteristics and the results of the SIMBO-C screening instrument (Prof. Dr. Marie-Luise Dierks / PD Dr. Tobias Leniger)

Krinke, Kim-Sarah: Preferences for general practitioner care in rural areas - A discrete choice experiment (Prof. Dr. Christian Krauth / Prof. Dr. Thomas Kohlmann)

Kuhn, Bertolt: Local health care - What options does the municipality have for ensuring medical care? (Prof. Dr. Volker Amelung / Prof. Dr. Jost Steinhäuser)

Münch, Inga: "Health Literate Organizations" - A Concept for Facilities or Institutions of Acute Inpatient Care and Rehabilitation Facilities in Germany (Prof. Dr. Marie-Luise Dierks / PD Dr. Ulrike Junius-Walker)

Tetzlaff, Juliane: Compression or expansion of morbidity? An analysis of the development of multimorbidity based on health insurance data (Prof. Dr. Siegfried Geyer / PD Dr. Ulrike Junius-Walker)

2017

Klett-Tammen, Carolina: Motivational situation for preventive measures among older people and providers and their potential for change using the example of vaccinations (Prof. Dr. Gérard Krause / PD Dr. Thomas von Lengerke)

Knapp, Sebastian: Requirements-oriented diagnostics and effectiveness testing of an occupation-oriented aftercare program (IMBORENA) for people with musculoskeletal disorders and special occupational problems in the context of Intensified Rehabilitation Care (IRENA) (Prof. Dr. Christoph Gutenbrunner / Prof. Dr. Thorsten Meyer)

Kröning, Barbara: Foot care of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and diabetic foot syndrome: A cross-sectional study on the knowledge-behavior gap and the role of barriers (PD Dr. Thomas von Lengerke / Prof. Dr. Gérard Krause)

Muschik, Denise: Morbidity compression, morbidity expansion or dynamic equilibrium? The development of morbidity using the example of type 2 diabetes mellitus (Prof. Dr. Siegfried Geyer / Prof. Dr. Klaus Hager)

Rutz, Maria: Patient orientation in acute inpatient care - a qualitative, multi-perspective analysis (Prof. Dr. Marie-Luise Dierks / PD Dr. Ulrike Junius-Walker)

Schwarz, Betje: Exploration of problem situations in the orthopaedic rehabilitation of the German Pension Insurance. A contribution to the optimization of referral and treatment adequacy (Prof. Dr. Christoph Gutenbrunner / Prof. Dr. Thorsten Meyer)

Senin, Tatjana: Process of goal orientation in medical rehabilitation to promote self-determination - development and evaluation of a model using the example of diabetes mellitus type 2 (Prof. Dr. Thorsten Meyer / Prof. Dr. Karin Lange)

Tangermann, Ulla: GP care in hard-to-serve regions - the population's expectations of GP care and acceptance of new forms of care (Prof. Dr. Volker Amelung / PD Dr. Ulrike Junius-Walker)

Werdecker, Lena: Advance care planning in advanced heart failure: Qualitative analyses of the views of those affected as part of an exploratory study (Dr. Gerald Neitzke / Prof. Dr. Dr. Daniel Strech)

2016

Bethge, Susanne: The importance of the communicator on the choice decision for an integrated care program - A comparative preference analysis using a discrete choice experiment (Prof. Dr. Volker Amelung / Prof. Dr. Axel C. Mühlbacher)

B.Kurt, Serap: Dementia and undersupplied? Support needs of Turkish migrants with dementia and their family caregivers in contrast to current and future care concepts of outpatient and inpatient Facilities or Institutions in Hanover (Prof. Dr. Marie-Luise Dierks / Prof. Dr. Siegfried Geyer)

Kahrass, Hannes: Dealing with ethical-normative information in the context of evidence-based health care - systematic reviews and status quo analyses using the example of clinical guidelines and editorial guidelines (Prof. Dr. Dr. Daniel Strech / Prof. Dr. Georg Marckmann)

Klindtworth, Katharina: Care situation and needs at the end of life: Perspectives of elderly patients with severe heart failure and their relatives (Prof. Dr. Nils Schneider / Prof. Dr. Thorsten Meyer)

Santos-Hövener, Claudia: HIV and hepatitis among migrants from sub-Saharan Africa living in Hamburg: Information needs, risk behavior and prevention needs. A participatory study (Prof. Dr. Gérard Krause / Prof. Dr. Marie-Luise Dierks)

2015

Jensen, Sören: Pay-for-performance as quality-oriented remuneration: presentation of the concept, analysis of (un)intended effects and discussion of design options as well as empirical survey of general practitioners (Prof. Dr. Volker Amelung / Prof. Dr. Jörg Ruof)

Liersch, Sebastian: Cost-effectiveness of preventive promotion of physical activity in children and adolescents: a Markov modeling (PD Dr. Christian Krauth / PD Dr. Thomas von Lengerke)

Mylius, Maren: Health and illness of undocumented migrants - medical care and the specific role of health authorities (Prof. Dr. Siegfried Geyer / Prof. Dr. Andreas Frewer)

Patzelt, Christiane: Reaching older people in a targeted way! Individual and structural influencing factors in prevention and rehabilitation (Prof. Dr. Ulla Walter / Prof. Dr. Gerd Naegele)

Stahmeyer, Jona: Health economic analysis of chronic HCV infection - costs and cost-effectiveness of care (PD Dr. Christian Krauth / Prof. Dr. Heiner Wedemeyer)

Sterdt, Elena: Effects of physical activity concepts in day-care centers and parent-related factors on children's health resources - an investigation using a mixed-methods design (Prof. Dr. Ulla Walter / Prof. Dr. Rolf Werning)

2014

Hartmann, Justyna: Development of a model for the prediction of high utilizers of the following year with the help of routine data of the GKV using the example of data from the AOK Lower Saxony (Prof. Dr. Volker Amelung / PD Dr. Thomas von Lengerke)

Hoeper, Kirsten: Evaluation of the relationship between antiretroviral therapy adherence and medical costs in HIV-infected patients at a university outpatient clinic in Germany (Prof. Dr. Christian Krauth / Prof. Dr. Matthias Stoll)

Schauer, Svenja: Usability of SHI routine data for the scientific evaluation of integrated care programs - A review of two sample evaluations (Prof. Dr. Volker Amelung / Prof. Dr. Jörg Ruof)

2013

Hussein, Rugzan Jameel: Preventive activity of dentists in Lower Saxony and Bremen: a cross-sectional study (Prof. Dr. Ulla Walter)

2012

Diederichs, Claudia Patricia: Development of a multimorbidity index for the standardized recording of chronic diseases in the elderly population (PD Dr. Dorothee Bartels)

Gorenoi, Vitali: Intravascular brachytherapy for peripheral arterial occlusive disease: systematic review of medical efficacy and health economic modeling (Prof. Dr. Matthias P. Schönermark)

Neusser, Silke: Maternity guidelines as a screening program: an evidence-based evaluation of screening (Prof. Dr. Dr. Eva Maria Bitzer)

Plaumann, Martina: Prevention of work-related stress: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials (Prof. Dr. Ulla Walter)

Wedegärtner, Felix: Predictors of care needs in outpatient psychiatric treatment: an empirical study (Prof. Dr. Dr. Volker Amelung)

2009

A'Walelu, Okyta Véronique: The significance of the use of new technologies for healthcare costs using the example of acute myocardial infarction (PD Dr. Christian Krauth)

2008

Noeske, Ute: Prevention understanding of political decision makers in the German health care system (Prof. Dr. Ulla Walter)

2007

Brandes, Iris: Effects and predictors of outpatient rheumatologic-orthopedic follow-up care from a health economic perspective (PD Dr. Christian Krauth)